Poppy's mum Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 Hi I have been thinking about changing Tielle off Interceptor. Her previous owner used Interceptor and while it seems ok it seems to me to be overkill to worm her every month. She is a house pet. I rang the greyhound vet at Hurlstone Park and he recommended the once a year Proheart injection. Having read so much bad stuff on here about the annual injection, I am loathe to try it on her at age 8. My other dogs were on the Proheart tablets, but are currently on the annual injection, with no problems, although they might not have it again despite several vets swearing to me there are no adverse reactions that they have heard of. Thanks for your input Wendy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anniek Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 HiI have been thinking about changing Tielle off Interceptor. Her previous owner used Interceptor and while it seems ok it seems to me to be overkill to worm her every month. She is a house pet. I rang the greyhound vet at Hurlstone Park and he recommended the once a year Proheart injection. Having read so much bad stuff on here about the annual injection, I am loathe to try it on her at age 8. My other dogs were on the Proheart tablets, but are currently on the annual injection, with no problems, although they might not have it again despite several vets swearing to me there are no adverse reactions that they have heard of. Thanks for your input Wendy I use revolution - fleas & heartworm and have had no problems (and no fleas). annieK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akitaowner Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 i use the proheart monthly tablets - and have steared well clear of the yearly vacc. never had a problem...i worm my older boy every 3 months with drontal chewables (which he hates!! why they couldnt keep the tab i dont know ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogsfevr Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 All things here are done seperate .Good old basic way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alibi Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 I dont have a greyhound, but i use heartgard monthly and drontal every 3months for my dogs. I like doing them seperatly aswell, as the products which do everything every month seem like a bit of an over kill to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t(AD)pole Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 (edited) I use revolution and its fine. EDIT: I dont have a greyhound (border collie). Edited December 6, 2006 by t(AD)pole Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashsmum Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 I changed to Interceptor for our grey. I was giving ProHeart monthly, and Drontal every 3 months like I do with our great dane, but Harry the hound threw them up. He's been fine on the Interceptor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greytgirl Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 I use Sentinal Spectrum and have not had a problem with either of my greys. I like it as I dont have to remember what I gave to who on which month, they just get 1 tablet on the 1st of every month and its over and done with! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honeychild Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 I have just swapped to interceptor. I also thought it might be overkill, but with worming every month would the doses be less? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Age Outlaw Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 I also use Sentinel Spectrum on my greys and have never had any problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dog_Horse_Girl Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 I have a greyhound and she's been on Interceptor (now Interceptor Spectrum) since I adopted her in August 2002. I've had zero problems, and every vet we've consulted support or recommend the use of this particular product for h/w and intestinal worms. I have no issues with intestinal wormers being used monthly as long as the dosage is accurate. I am very confident with using this product. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InspectorRex Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 I would NOT use anything other than Interceptor or Sentinel on your Greyhound. I have an Ivermectin Sensitive breed( Rough Collies) and the latest info I have is that they have now discovered that breeds such as most Sighthounds, Akitas, GSD's are aslo known ti be Ivermectin Sesnitive so therefore should NOT be given Proheart of any kind, Revolution , Heartgard or any of the drugs that have "mectin" products in them If you want more details feel free to PM me and i can email you a list of No drugs I had my Rough Collie DNA tested for the Ivermectin Sensitivity and she is affected. Test costs around $60.00 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Age Outlaw Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 I would NOT use anything other than Interceptor or Sentinel on your Greyhound. I have an Ivermectin Sensitive breed( Rough Collies) and the latest info I have is that they have now discovered that breeds such as most Sighthounds, Akitas, GSD's are aslo known ti be Ivermectin Sesnitive so therefore should NOT be given Proheart of any kind, Revolution , Heartgard or any of the drugs that have "mectin" products in them This is interesting, as loads of greyhound trainers use ivermectin, and I haven't heard of any issues. I would be interested to find out more about this - do you have any links to info?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebanne Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 I use a monthly heartworm tablet which has ivermectin. I have used this on greyhounds for over 6 years with no troubles. I too like to do everything myself seperately. Too many chemicals in "one pill does all" for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greytmate Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 We use Advocate. Most of the greyhounds that come into our program have been on ivermectin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InspectorRex Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 new age outlaw- if you want to PM me your email address I can email you the latest info I have on this which I referred to in my post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greytmate Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 Inspector Rex, why don't you post your infomation here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebanne Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 Greytmate, here is a link to a similar thread with similar claims page 3, half way down, posted by squeak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greytmate Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 Thanks Rebanne. A couple of those links don't seem to work, and there is nothing in any other the others that shows how ivermectin could be a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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